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GMS v.169 – Kinesis (2015-12-10)

Prepare for the next update in the Reboot trilogy: Harness the power of the mind with the new playable character class, Kinesis! Use Psychic Points and telekinesis to attack monsters and control objects. Then, visit the newly updated Mu Lung Dojo, and fight through 41 floors of monsters to receive a ranking and earn Mu Lung Dojo points. One of our GMS-exclusive dungeons, Star World, is returning and you can earn chairs and other rewards. The holiday celebrations continue with new events in which you can collect snowflakes, or countdown to the New Year! All this and more, in the Kinesis update!

NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTER: KINESIS

Meet Kinesis, MapleStory’s newest character, who uses the power of telekinesis to attack and control monsters and nearby objects! Kinesis starts in FriendStory and is known as a local hero. When certain events spin out of control, Kinesis is transported to Maple World. Kinesis stores up Psychic Points (PP) by using skills, and can then use PP to power various Ultimate skills. The main weapon is the PSY-Limiter, which looks like a bracelet. The Chess Piece is the secondary weapon, and Kinesis can use Magician armor.

UPGRADED MU LUNG DOJO

The current Mu Lung Dojo is getting overhauled to become ranked content for players Lv. 105 and above. Defeat the monsters on all 41 floors of the dojo to receive Mu Lung Dojo points to spend at the special shop. NPC Lao has stocked up on chairs, damage skins, equips, and more! You can also pick up a special charm that allows you to visit the Mind and Body Training Center where you can automatically gain EXP over time. In addition, there is now a single ranking mode, split into three different tiers; Novice, Skilled, and Master. Based on your ranking, you can earn gloves and titles!

STAR WORLD DUNGEON

One of our GMS-exclusive dungeons is making a return. Visit Star World, a land galaxies away from Maple World, and complete quests to help the residents of MapleStory become constellations. Earn Constellation Coins and exchange them for multiple constellation-themed chairs, medals and more!

MORE HOLIDAY EVENTS

The holiday celebrations continue in Maple World! Monsters are starting to drop snowflakes. Collect the snowflakes and turn them into NPC Cassandra to receive a Snowflake chair. She has 12 chairs in varying sizes, so keep collecting snowflakes to get them all and earn a Twelve-Chair Bag! Then celebrate the coming of 2016 with a countdown and special events on New Year’s Eve.

Prepare for the next update in the Reboot trilogy: Harness the power of the mind with the new playable character class, Kinesis! Use Psychic Points and telekinesis to attack monsters and control objects. Then, visit the newly updated Mu Lung Dojo, and fight through 41 floors of monsters to receive a ranking and earn Mu Lung Dojo points. One of our GMS-exclusive dungeons, Star World, is returning and you can earn chairs and other rewards. The holiday celebrations continue with new events in which you can collect snowflakes, or countdown to the New Year! All this and more, in the Kinesis update!

NEW PLAYABLE CHARACTER: KINESIS

Overview

CLASS: Kinesis

EQUIPMENT TYPE: Magician

MAIN WEAPON: PSY-Limiter

SECONDARY EQUIP: Chess Piece

MOBILITY: High

HP: Mid

MP: None

PRIMARY STAT: Intelligence

New Age of Maple Heroes
Kinesis was a normal student attending the School for the Gifted in the real world. One day he mysteriously gained telekinetic powers. With a strong sense of justice, Kinesis quickly put his newfound power to good use by helping people in need.
Around the same time that Kinesis gained his powers, strange occurrences started happening around his town, always preempted by a mysterious message from someone online calling themselves ‘WM’. While following one of the leads from the mysterious WM, Kinesis was pulled into a catastrophic sinkhole that also destroyed a large part of the city. Kinesis was saved by the magician Nero and brought to Maple World.
Kinesis now must train in Maple World so that he can gain enough power to return home and save his world. Uncover the mystery behind Kinesis’ powers and become a true hero in both worlds!

Kinesis starts at Lv. 10.

Kinesis’s Character Card will increase INT by +10 on 30, +20 on 60, +40 on 100, and +80 on 200.

Kinesis will be able to participate in the Sizzling Santa event however, they will not receive the Burning Santa effect. Instead Kinesis will receive 2x EXP Coupons for 1 hour (x3).

Mind Tremor: Can also be used by holding up and using Psychic Force: At Master Level: Max Enemies Hit: 5, DEF Reduction and Received Final Damage: +10% / DEF Reduction and Final Damage Increase is Double the amount of monsters effected in the area / Duration: 10 sec / Cooldown: 10 sec / PP Recovery: 1 / Master Level: 10

ADDITIONAL UPDATES

Beasts of Mu Lung

The Mu Lung Dojo has been revamped to become the Beasts of Mu Lung Dojo.

A new ranking system has been implemented that will change the previous single rankings to a 3-tiered system, each with their own leader boards.

Depending on how you rank within your tier, you’ll receive points that can be spent at the Mu Lung Dojo Point Shop.

Rules and Requirements:

You must be Lv. 105 or above to enter the dojo.

The dojo can be reached through each town’s Quick Move or the Dimensional Mirror.

The dojo can be challenged 3 times per day.

The dojo has a total of 41 floors. You will move onto the next floor after every monster on each floor has been defeated.

The new rankings are split into three tiers: Entry Level, Mastery, and Expertise. You can also compare yourself to others of the same class on the Expertise tier.

The rankings are reset every Monday at midnight Pacific time. Depending on your ranking, you will be rewarded gloves and titles. These gloves and titles can also be purchased with points in the Mu Lung Dojo Point Shop.

Beasts of Mu Lung Dojo
There are 41 floors, each with its own monsters to challenge! For every floor that you clear, you’ll earn 10 points. You’ll be awarded an additional 100 points when you clear floors 10, 20, 30 and 40.

Floor 1: Mano

Floor 2: Mushmom

Floor 3: Stumpy

Floor 4: Blue Mushmom

Floor 5: Zombie Mushmom

Floor 6: King Slime

Floor 7: Dyle

Floor 8: King Clang

Floor 9: Faust

Floor 10: Von Leon

Floor 11: Metal Golem

Floor 12: Eliza

Floor 13: Jr. Balrog

Floor 14: Nine-Tailed Fox

Floor 15: Deo

Floor 16: Zeno

Floor 17: Timer

Floor 18: Snack Bar

Floor 19: Tae Roon

Floor 20: Hilla

Floor 21: Papa Pixie, Luster Pixie

Floor 22: Alishar, Black Ratz

Floor 23: Lord Pirate, Captain

Floor 24: Deet and Roi, Neohuroid

Floor 25: Frankenroid, Mythril Mutae

Floor 26: Chimera, Homunscullo

Floor 27: Poison Golem, Mixed Golem

Floor 28: King Sage Cat, Sage Cat

Floor 29: Crimson Balrog, Taurospear

Floor 30: Arkarium

Floor 31: Manon

Floor 32: Griffey

Floor 33: Snowman

Floor 34: Papulatus

Floor 35: Ani

Floor 36: Leviathan

Floor 37: Dodo

Floor 38: Lilynouch

Floor 39: Lyka

Floor 40: Magnus

Floor 41: Mu Gong

Beasts of Mu Lung Ranking

The new rankings are divided into 3 tiers: Entry Level, Mastery, and Expertise. The highest tier, Expertise, is also separated into ‘Overall Ranking’ and ‘Job Ranking’.

Entry Level: Lv. 105 – Lv. 140

Mastery: Lv. 141 – Lv. 180

Expertise: Lv. 181 and above

Your ranking on the leader board is dependent on the highest floor that was cleared, and the total amount of time spent. The higher the floor, the higher the ranking. And the lower your time spent, the higher your ranking will be. If you have cleared the same floor as someone else, the player with the lower amount of time spent will have a higher ranking. If you have the same overall time as someone else, the player who received that time first will have the higher ranking.

The Mu Lung Dojo will be closed every Sunday from 11:30 PM to Monday at 12:30 AM Pacific in order to compile the results for the week. During this time, you won’t be able to receive any rewards or check the rankings.

The new Mu Lung Dojo Unity Training Center allows you gain EXP over time based on your character’s level.

Enter the Unity Training Center by talking to So Gong in the main hall

You must use a Unity Training Center Charm to enter the training center. Unity Training Center Charms can be purchased from the point shop.

Each Unity Training Center Charm has a specified amount of time, which will allow you to enter the training center for that amount of time. Once the time is expired, you will automatically exit the training center.

If you choose to exit the Unity Training Center before the time expires, you will lose any remaining time.

Scarecrow Summoning Sacks

Using a Scarecrow Summoning Sack will summon a Scarecrow in place that can be attacked.

Scarecrows can only be summoned in town and can only be summoned one at a time.

The level of the scarecrow can be set by the one who summons it.

The scarecrow has a high amount of HP and will not be defeated easily. However, it will disappear 15 minutes after it is summoned.

NEW EVENTS

Kinesis Level-Up Support Event

December 16 – January 12
Requirements: These quests are only available to Kinesis characters and can be completed once per account.

Accept the quest from the Event quest notifier on the left side of the game window.

Catch a Snowflake

Accept the quest from the event quest notifier or by speaking to NPC Cassandra.

Collect 300 Snowflake Thrones a day from monsters around your level range. Turn them in to Cassandra to receive a Snowflake Chair.

Each Snowflake Chair will have a different amount of Snowflakes for you to sit on.

Collect all 12 Snowflake Chairs and speak to Cassandra to receive a Twelve-Chair Bag.

Rewards:

First Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Second Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Third Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Fourth Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Fifth Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Sixth Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Seventh Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Eighth Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Ninth Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Tenth Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Eleventh Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Twelfth Snowflake Chair: Untradeable

Twelve-Chair Bag: Cannot be traded after use

December Big Spender Event

December 16 – December 31Note: This event will begin after the maintenance on December 16.

For a limited time in December, spend your NX Prepaid and NX Credit in the Cash Shop and earn extra Maple Reward Points! The more NX you spend during the event period, the more Maple Reward Points you’ll receive!

Please note that you will only receive one set of rewards depending on which spending tier you place in.

The rewards will be given out after the January 7 scheduled maintenance, and you will be able to pick them up by clicking the gift box icon on the left side of the screen. Only one character per account can receive the rewards.

Rewards:

Spend 50,000 NX – 69,999 NX and receive:

5,000 Maple Reward Points

Spend 70,000 NX – 109,999 NX and receive:

10,000 Maple Reward Points

Spend 110,000 NX or more and receive:

15,000 Maple Reward Points

Star World Event Dungeon

December 16 – January 13
Requirement: Lv. 33 or above. Characters who have participated in the Star World event previously will be able to participate again.

Accept the quest ‘[Star World] Doorway to the Night Sky’ from the event quest notifier.

Speak to NPC Staria to assist the creatures of Maple World.

Star World is split up into four different seasonal worlds, each with three Maple World creatures to assist.

Springtean – Speak to Planeton to start the following quests:

Minar Monsters

Hunt monsters and collect 100 Slimy Scales and Sturdy Sticks

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Papa Don’t Charge

Destroy Lyka

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Making Friends

Hunt monsters and collect 100 Fresh Veggie and Sea Fruit

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Once completing the quests above, the quest ‘Monsters in Springtean’ will be available.

Destroy 200 Starbound Curse Eye and Starbound Oniony

Reward: Star World Coins (x7), EXP based on level

Summeron – Speak to Staria to start the following quests:

Complicated Wish

Answer the Mysterious Magicians correctly

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

I’m Not Lion

Hunt monsters and collect 150 Raw Meat and 50 Flint

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Perfect Pair

Go buy 100 Lemons, Oranges, and Apples from a Potion Shop.

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Once completing the quests above, the quest ‘Monsters in Summeron’ will be available.

Destroy 200 Starbound Beetle and Starbound Harp.

Reward: Star World Coins (x7), EXP based on level

Autumist – Speak to Meteorus to start the following quests:

Confessions of the Rich and Famous

Hunt monsters and collect Pricey Minerals

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Higher Ground

Reach the top of the map!

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Everlasting Youth

Hunt monsters and collect 100 Monster’s Vitality and Land Vitality

Reward: Star World Coins (x20), EXP based on level

Once completing the quests above, the quest ‘Monsters in Autumist’ will be available.

Winter 2x EXP & Drop Weekends

December 19 – January 3
Requirement: Available for all levels
MapleStory will be continuing 2x EXP & Drop weekends through the rest of the winter holidays! Be sure to mark you calendars so you don’t miss out on this!

Dates:

December 19 – 20

December 26 – 27

January 1 – 3

Times:

12:00 AM – 4:00 AM Pacific (3:00 AM – 7:00 AM Eastern)

2:00 PM – 6:00 PM Pacific (5:00 PM – 9:00 PM Eastern)

Winter Solstice 2x EXP & Drop Marathon

December 22 – December 25
Requirement: Available for all levels

We’ll be having a 2x EXP and & Drop marathon to celebrate the Winter Solstice! Be sure to catch 4 straight days of 2x EXP and Drop for 4 hours a day (2-hour slots at a time).

12:00 AM – 2:00 AM Pacific (3:00 AM – 5:00 AM Eastern)

4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Pacific (7:00 PM – 9:00 PM Eastern)

Cassandra’s Christmas Present

December 25
Requirement: Lv. 30 or above

‘Tis the season for mayhem! For one day only on Christmas Day, Cassandra has a present for you, but nothing in life is free.

Accept the quest from the Star icon on the left side of the screen, or see Cassandra in the Event Hall.

Hot Time

December 19, 2015, at 2:30 PM Pacific (5:30 PM Eastern)
Requirements: Lv. 33 or above to receive and open the gift box.Zero characters must have completed Chapter 2 in order to participate in the Hot Time event.

Once the time reaches 2:30 PM Pacific (5:30 PM Eastern), a quest will appear in the event quest notifier called ‘[Winter Hot Time] Do you want your Hot Time participation reward?’

Accept the quest to receive your rewards below!

One gift box per account.

Once the reward is received, it is able to be opened after 3:00 PM Pacific (6:00 PM Eastern).

The gift box will disappear if unopened by 11:59 PM Pacific on December 19 (2:59 AM Eastern on December 20).

Please note: to ensure you receive the Hot Time box, make sure you are in a Major Town (such as Henesys, Leafre, Orbis, etc.), not in the Cash Shop, Star Planet, Cross World PQ, Boss Arena, etc.

Hot Time Rewards:

Selectable Cube Box: Use the box to select either 4 Red Cubes or 2 Black Cubes. These cubes will expire 3 days after obtaining and are untradeable.

Lucky Meso Bag: Untradeable, expires 3 days after obtaining

Spell Trace (x2000): Tradeable

Reboot Hair Coupon: Use to select 1 of 5 Hair Coupons

Male Hair Coupons:

Barista Hair Coupon (M)

Valentine Hair Coupon (M)

Bless Hair Coupon (M)

Power Edge Hair Coupon (M)

Antique Hair Coupon (M)

Female Hair Coupons:

Innocent Hair Coupon (F)

Sweet Nectar Hair Coupon (F)

Fluffy Cloud Hair Coupon (F)

Upturned Pigtails Hair Coupon (F)

Glossy Hair Coupon (F)

2,000 Maple Point Coupon: Untradeable, lasts for 7 days

Reboot Coins (x50): Untradeable

Hot Week

December 21 – December 27
Requirement: Lv. 30 or above. Once daily per account.

During the event period, log in and click the gift box icon on the left side of your game window to receive a Gift Box, and then double-click the box in your inventory to open it.

The Gift Box can be obtained once every day until midnight, and can be opened until 1:00 AM Pacific (4:00 AM Eastern) of the following day.

If you obtain a Gift Box every day from Monday to Saturday, then on Sunday—in addition to Sunday’s reward—you can select another gift! You can select one from all of the items that were given out from Monday to Friday. You are not required to have received each day’s Gift Box on the same character in order to be eligible for the extra gift, but it does have to be with characters in the same world (multiple worlds in World Alliances don’t count).

Reward items for each day’s Gift Box are listed below. All rewards are untradeable.

Sunday, December 27 – Reboot Coins (x20). And if you received a Gift Box every day this week (with characters in the same world, not world alliance), then you can also select one additional reward from the items given Monday through Saturday!

NEW YEAR’S EVENTS

New Year’s Countdown

December 31 – January 1
Requirement: Lv. 33 or above

Come celebrate the New Year in MapleStory. We will be counting down to 2016 and we hope that you’ll be able to join us for a great time!

Accept the quest ‘[Countdown] Together, Good-bye’ from the event notifier or by talking to NPC Cassandra in the Event Hall.

Move to Good-bye Hill through the Dimensional Mirror or by talking to Cassandra again.

While at Good-bye Hill, you’ll see everyone there as well as the countdown board. Just sit back and relax and enjoy your time.

You can always leave Good-bye Hill and come back while the event is running. But be sure to make it back in time!

Once the countdown is finished, a Special Shop will appear for 1 hour from 12:00 AM – 1:00 AM Pacific (3:00 AM – 4:00 AM Eastern) selling some items for mesos.

These are limited quantity items. Get the goodies before someone else does!